The Busy Body. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatres-Royal in Drury-Lane and

Title: The Busy Body. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatres-Royal in Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden. Written by Mrs. CentlivreAuthor: Centlivre, SusannaPublisher: Gale Ecco, Print EditionsBinding: HardcoverPages: 26Dimensions: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.25dProduct Weight: 0.48 lbs.Language: EnglishISBN: 9781385508602The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Western literary study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Henry F